Couesmes-Vaucé () is a
commune in the
Mayenne department
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Government and military
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in north-western
France.
Couesmes-Vaucé is a small commune, with only 300 properties and as of the 2019 census 378 inhabitants.
Couesmes-Vaucé is close to both
Normandy and
Brittany and lies roughly 50 miles from the surrounding cities of
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
,
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,[Le Mans
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. The village is situated in the heart of an agricultural region noted for its good food and
cider
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.
There is a thriving and well integrated English community established over thirty years.
See also
*
Communes of the Mayenne department
References
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